Owner & Principal

Katie Hawley is an organization development consultant and certified executive coach with more than 25 years of experience helping leaders, teams, and organizations navigate complexity, strengthen effectiveness, and create meaningful change. 

 

Her approach combines deep listening, thoughtful challenge, and a systems perspective to help leaders better understand themselves, their relationships, and the organizational dynamics shaping their work. Her practice is informed by emotional intelligence, Gestalt theory, and strengths-based approaches to change. She relishes supporting leaders at moments of significant challenge or opportunity, creating space to clarify what matters most and make intentional choices about how they wish to lead. 

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Katie founded Hawley Consulting Services in 2018. Her clients include individuals, teams, and boards across a range of industries -- from higher education to health care, manufacturing to marketing, and social services to financial services.  Previously, Katie served in a variety of leadership roles in higher education, including as Vice President at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, where she held responsibility for the College’s Board of Trustees as well as strategic communications, external relations, human resources, and organization development. 

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Katie is an ICF-certified coach (PCC) and completed executive coach training through Teleos Leadership Institute in Philadelphia. She is a 2018 graduate of  the iGOLD (International Gestalt Organization & Leadership Development) program, holds the Certified Professional in Talent Development credential, and is certified to administer Korn Ferry's Emotional and Social Competency Inventory (ESCI) 360-feedback assessment. She also holds a certificate in HR Transformation from Cornell and a master's degree from the University of Vermont. ​

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Katie serves on the Y of the USA's National Advisory Committee regarding CEO and Board Chair standards. She serves her local community as the immediate past Chair of the Board of the Greater Burlington YMCA and is also the immediate past Chair of the Board at Wake Robin Continuing Life Care. 

 

​She resides in Burlington, Vermont, where she embraces the super-convenient ten-minute drive to the airport from which she regularly explores the far corners of the globe.

 

 

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